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The Serbian campaign was a series of military expeditions launched in 1914 and 1915 by the Central Powers against the Kingdom of Serbia during the First World War. The first campaign began after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on 28 July 1914 .
The Serbian campaign of 1914 was a significant military operation during World War I. It marked the first major confrontation between the Central Powers , primarily Austro-Hungary , and the Allied Powers , led by the Kingdom of Serbia .
The following is a partial translation of the Serbian response of July 25, 1914, as recorded by the diplomat and writer Gabriel Hanotaux in Histoire illustrée de la guerre de 1914 (Illustrated history of the 1914 war), Volume 2: The Serbian government’s response to Austro-Hungarian demands sought to address each point comprehensively ...
capital of the Principality of Serbia and Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918). Temišvar: 1849–1860: capital of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar (1849–1860). Niš: July 1914–October 1915: capital of Serbia during Austro-Hungarian occupation of Belgrade (World War I). From 1878 onwards, it was treated as the "second capital ...
On 28 June 1914, the heir to the Habsburg throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo.The preservation of Austria-Hungary's prestige necessitated a punishing attack on Serbia, which the Austro-Hungarian leadership deemed responsible for the murder.
The 28 June 1914 assassination of Austrian Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, by Gavrilo Princip, a member of Young Bosnia and one of seven assassins, served as a pretext [citation needed] for the Austrian declaration of war on Serbia on 28 July 1914, marking the beginning of World War I, despite Serbia's acceptance ...
On July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war against Serbia. In 1915 Serbia was occupied by foreign troops after a combined invasion by Austro-Hungarian , German , and Bulgarian troops. The 135,000 soldiers of the Serbian Army retreated through Albania and were evacuated to the Greek island of Corfu , and in spring, 1916, they became part of ...
The Bombardment of Belgrade was an attack carried out by Austria-Hungary on the Serbian capital during the night of 28–29 July 1914. It is considered the first military action of World War I. The bombardment started hours after the Austro-Hungarian declaration of war on Serbia. [2]